The install stalled on "package pluto-orbiter failed", I couldn't open a terminal so I rebooted.The install had deleted my original Ubunti user and replaced it with User: dcerouter with no password which I could only log into by starting in failsafe and typing startx.I now had a "Linux MediaCemter" in the menu and when I started that it went through quite a routine but stalled on:

the earlier post definately had the wrong installer because the 'install from internet' option isn't there anymore.

regarding the follow-ups, just to confirm: you burned the iso to a physical cd, inserted the cd when linuxmce asked you to, and when finishing the installer you hear the cd spinning for a good 5-10 minutes while it copies the contents off to the hdd's cache folder?

I'm having the same issue, I'm currently downloading the iso again to try that, but right now Ive burned the iso, downloaded the installer script inserted the cd when asked and it seems to sucessfuly copies the cd locally but the install fails

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely thatthe package is simply not installable and a bug report againstthat package should be filed.The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies: pluto-dcerouter: Depends: pluto-confirm-dependencies (>= 1.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-confirm-dependencies (< 1.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-createdevice (>= 1.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-createdevice (< 1.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-install-scripts (>= 1.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-install-scripts (< 1.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-local-database (>= 1.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-local-database (< 1.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-std-plugins (>= 1.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-std-plugins (< 1.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-system-database (>= 1.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-system-database (< 1.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-website-admin (>= 1.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-website-admin (< 1.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-boot-scripts (>= 1.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-boot-scripts (< 1.1) but it is not going to be installed PreDepends: vim but it is not going to be installedE: Broken packages

because they were removed from teh server to relieve bandwidth. they should all be loaded on your local hdd's cache from the iso image at install time (iso is mirrorred, the packages cannot be so easily).

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely thatthe package is simply not installable and a bug report againstthat package should be filed.The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies: pluto-dcerouter: Depends: pluto-confirm-dependencies (>= 1.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-confirm-dependencies (< 1.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-createdevice (>= 1.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-createdevice (< 1.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-install-scripts (>= 1.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-install-scripts (< 1.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-local-database (>= 1.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-local-database (< 1.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-std-plugins (>= 1.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-std-plugins (< 1.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-system-database (>= 1.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-system-database (< 1.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-website-admin (>= 1.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-website-admin (< 1.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-boot-scripts (>= 1.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: pluto-boot-scripts (< 1.1) but it is not going to be installed PreDepends: vim but it is not going to be installedE: Broken packages

One tip that got me a bit further was creating a user called dcerouter under the Ubuntu install, go figure ! However I am a long way from success.One thing I would like to do is choose modules under the installation, I have a small apartment so I don't really need asterisk and other home controls, I mainly want the cool looking MC

I'm finding that for testing purposes, the best thing one can do is install LinuxMCE under a VMWare virtual machine. The installer clearly expects a pristine Ubuntu 6.10 Desktop installation, preferrably dist-upgraded, but without any custom packages.

The virtual machine also has two big advantages:

1. You can uninstall everything with mouse-click (including the virtual machine)

2. You can save and restore the state of the virtual machine (much like a console emulator), so that you can install Ubuntu and dist-upgrade it, save a snapshot, and THEN install lmce, so that if anything goes wrong, you can start over on a clean slate without having to reinstall Ubuntu.

I'm nearly finished with an lmce installation on a virtual machine, its working flawlessly.

I'm finding that for testing purposes, the best thing one can do is install LinuxMCE under a VMWare virtual machine. The installer clearly expects a pristine Ubuntu 6.10 Desktop installation, preferrably dist-upgraded, but without any custom packages.

I have done a fresh installed fully update without extra sources lines our extra prg's, but that was a no go for me . Doing a fresh install without updates again like i did the first time (had the gray screen problem then).

Probably it was a good idea to do a vmware install, will try that one next if this fails to.